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pangaia

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17. "Our Army is already busy around the world.."

Reply to James48 (Reply #13)

Sat Sep 30, 2017, 06:34 PM

Sep 2017

Boy, ain't THAT the truth..

My feeling, then, is that if it wasn't so busy around the world,...for one thing we would have more money for stuff... like saving the people in PR.

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Can't get supplies from Fl to PR [View all] Sancho Sep 2017 OP

Trumps friends are trying to figure out a way to do this but profit from it, financially Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #1

Sadly, that is probably truth! nt brer cat Sep 2017 #8

Disaster Capitalism.... pangaia Sep 2017 #18

Marc Cuban & Elon Musk Sedona Sep 2017 #2

A C-5 would do it. pangaia Sep 2017 #3

The CG station at Clearwater has 7 HC 130s and a dozen helicopters Sancho Sep 2017 #4

Yes, that CG station has a lot of nice Jayhawk helicopters Sailor65x1 Sep 2017 #10

Stop being such a downer dumbcat Sep 2017 #14

Don't forget the ruby slippers... Sailor65x1 Sep 2017 #20

C-5s are too heavy for any airport on the island Lee-Lee Sep 2017 #5

Well, it was a good thought, anyway... pangaia Sep 2017 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #6

No it wouldn't Sailor65x1 Sep 2017 #9

Yeah, so I've been told.. Ah well.. pangaia Sep 2017 #16

There was a big Navy Seabee unit in PR years ago..... dawnie51 Sep 2017 #7

I'm not sure they are there amymore Sailor65x1 Sep 2017 #11

Pretty much no Navy left in PR since Roosevelt Roads closed Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #22

Berlin Airlift-type operation needed .. DemoTex Sep 2017 #12

Can't happen James48 Sep 2017 #13

"Our Army is already busy around the world.." pangaia Sep 2017 #17

You don't need thousands when dozens will do the same thing Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #19

The workhorse of the Berlin Airlift was the C-54 not the C-47 Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #21